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Prohibition -- United States

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Seymour H. Person papers

 Collection
Identifier: 00023
Scope and Contents

This collection contains correspondence between Person and his two close friends and advisors, Frank Young and Colonel Alger. Also included are several articles giving viewpoints on the prohibition issue, and congressional bills, noticeably the Beck-Linthicum Bill (an amendment to the 18th Amendment), also relating to prohibition. One telegram warns Person of the conditions in copper mines in Michigan, hinting at labor-management trouble.

Dates: 1930 - 1933